Crate for use in weighting fabrics



May 20,'1930.-

E. J. MAsKl-:RY CRATE F01?` USE IN WEIGHTING FABRICS Filed April l5, 1929 n Tw.. N ma Ww n IJ A 7. w 7. Re Z d y ,7 y Wwf 0 ,a 6 Jv o I ggg/ Y d Patented May 2G, 1930 p FFICE CRATE FOR USE N WEEGHTNG FABRICS Application filed April 15,

In weighting piece goods the practice has been for the Workmen to pass the piece progressively by hand into the Weighting vat from the container in, which it is brought 5 thereto until its Whole length was introduced, which operation required a certain amount of care in handling the goods to ,prevent their being rubbed, especially if they were ot silk o-r other delicate texture, and a considerable 1o Waste o1e time if, as usual, the piece was of considerable length. To avoid this it has been proposed to place the piece or pieces in a con- 'rainer formed like a box having a perforated bottom and deposit the thus lo-aded box in the vat, in which case there was the fault that Where the open sides of folds or creases in the goods were presented to the sides of the box a suilicient seal wouldy Jrequently be formed to prevent the Weighting liquid from 2U reaching Within the folds or atleast from inipregnating the goods Within such folds or as much as elsewhere, with the result that When the goods Were later dyed there Would be streaking or other blemishing thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a crate-like receptacle in which the goo-ds may be placed and brought to the vat and Which may be then hung in the vat so that 'the goods are submerged in the Weighting liquid, and also to construct such crate so that it will be proof against the chemical act-ion of the liquor.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. l is a perspective view of the improved lil) crate and also shows in dotted outline two rods by Which it may be supported When hung Within the vat;

Fig. 2 is a plan of a blank from which the bottom of a crate is formed;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of one of the hanger-forming straps by Which the crate is suspended from the mentioned rods;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the Weighting vat, sho-Wing the crate hung therein; and

Fig. 5 is a transverse fragmentary sectional view of the crate.

To form the bottom o of the crate I provide a substantially oblong blank such as is shown in Fig. 2 having extensions at its several edges, and these are bent up 90 degrees to 1929. Serial No. 355,130.

form upstanding flanges a on the bottoni a. rlhis bottom and its flanges are provided With numerous perforations a2; this foraminous form of the bottom permits all Weighting liquorto drain away When the 4crate ,is re- 55 moved Vfrom thefvat. At each of the four corners of the bottom the ends of adjoining flanges meet or nearly meeteach other.

At each corner of the bottom is an upright al. Y This isformed .of an elongated rectangular strip bent on a longitudinal median line into right angular form. The tWoleaves or Walls of each of such uprights cl are riveted to the ends of the langes a at a corner of the bottom, said ends being Within the angle of the upright.

At or near thetops' of the uprights, Which are all the same height, there arev riveted thereto, as at m, the ends of the longitudinal or side'bars Z) and the ends of the transverse or end bars c; the ends of the bars?) and c also are Within the angles of the upright cl. Y, l,

To support the crate in the boX there are the tivo pairs of hangers e. It is preferable to form each pair of hangers of a single strap which at points about equal to the Width ot the bottom o and equidistant from the ends of the strap Vhas its end portions bent upA at right anglesY in the same direction. These straps' areA assembled with the crate. in the manner shown in Fig. l so that the mid-portion of each underlies its bottom and its two end portions upstand, the two straps being Y arrau ged equidistant rom the respective ends of the crate across which their mid-portions extend transversely. The straps are secured to the side bars b and bottom tlanges a by other rivets w. The upper ends of the straps v are twisted degrees and their extremities 90 rebent in the form of hooks e, and by the suspending means thus `formed the crate, resting on rods j", in turn resting on the sides of the vat fy, may be lsuspendedv in the Weighting liquor in said vat as shown in Fig. 4.

`All of the parts of the crate are constructed of metal so as to have thevnecessaryV strength andl durability,.since the Weight of the goods carried thereby, especially when Wet, is considerable. As the Weighting liquor would act gev:

to corrode the metal and the product of the corrosion would produce a blemish on the goods where the latter Contact therewith I coat all the parts of the crate (excepting pos sibly the upper extremities of the hangers e) With rubber or other non-corrodible substance ;this\is illustrated in Fig. 5' at e;

In the useof the improved crate there is the advantage that the whole mass ofA goods-V can be deposited in the Weighting liquor in-a single operation and that, While thegoods are kept in place on the bottom by the corner uprights, the side and end bars and the hangers, there is no opportunityfor` pockets or folds to be formed in the4 goods Where they Contact With any part of the'orate so that the liquor is prevented free access thereto.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is l. A crate for use in Weighting' fabrics comprising. a foraminous substantially7 rectangular bot-tom, uprights extending up from and rigidly secured to the bottom, bars spaced from and above the bottoln and rigidly secured to and connecting the uprights, and hangers extending upwardly from and secured to the bottom at opposite sides tliere of' and having suspending means'above the bars.'

2. A crate for 'use in Weighting fabrics oomprising a foraminous substantially rectangular bottom, uprights extending up from and rigidly secured to the bottom, each upright being angular in horizontal section and receiving a corner of thebottom in its interior angle, bars secured'to andconnecting. the upright's, the adjoining ends of each tivo adjoining bars being received Within the interior angle of the corresponding upright, and hangers extending upwardly from and securedto the bottom at opposite sides thereof and having suspending means above the bars.

3. A crate for use in Weighting fabrics comprising a foraminous substantially rectangular bottom, uprights extending up from and rigidly secured to the bottom, bars spaced from and above the bottom-and rigidly securedV to and connecting the uprights, and U- shaped straps extending under and secured to the bottom and having their ends reaching and also provided With suspending means above the bars.

4. A crate for use in Weighting fabrics comprising a foraminous substantially rectangular bottom, uprights extending up from and rigidly secured to the bottom, bars spaced from and above the bottom and rigidly secured to andV connecting the uprights, and hangers extending upwardly from and Secured to the' bottom atl opposite sides thereof and having suspending means above the bars, said bottom, uprights, bars and hangers being coated with a non-corrodible substance.

In testimony WhereofI affix my signature.

EDGAR J. MASKERY. 

